Sony release 'worst netbook in history'.

A product so bad, it take 15 minutes before it becomes fully operational; a device so completely useless, it can barely even run Vista on its 1.33GHz processor (just moving the mouse pointer takes up over 50% of CPU usage); a screen that suffers from backlight bleed and a useless battery life.

Reviews?

PC Format said:

Not to put too fine a point on it, this eight-inch, Atom-based netbook is junk.

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CNET said:

A disaster.

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PC Plus said:

The Vaio VGN-P19WN/Q Series is a failure.

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What a way to harm the otherwise brilliant Vaio brand. Could you imagine bringing this piece of **** home?

Whichever fanboy is talking about it, it's absolutely true that Sony badly misjudged the OS to put on this. Vista might run borderline usably given 2Gb even with an N270 - but the simple fact of the matter is that you're trying to get Vista to run on something that basically has barely more grunt than a 6 year old ultraportable - only with more pixels to drive.

The fact that netbooks are new seems to be blinding people that we've taken a half-decade step back in power and a near-decade step back in many other features, to achieve a four-fifth price decrease. Only the Chinese build quality is current.

While many seem to be touting W7 as the saviour of the netbook, I think reality will dawn for many - that you cannot expect a current OS to run on gear that would, if it hadn't been regurgitated as a distraction for the downsized, be falling apart by now. Release W7 with then-current apps in 2010 will only run well on forthcoming Atoms - which gets us to maybe late 2005.

Sony have chosen to hop onboard this low-rent lipstick on a rancid pig bandwagon in the worst possible manner. The top-model P is outperformed by even my Core Solo'd (also Sony) UX's, a 1lb handportable from two years ago - and even these struggle to run Vista from time to time given the 1Gb memory limitation.

I've used the P for a bit and while it has typical Sony flagship build quality and a good deal of desirable sleekness, as well the primary reason for me not being remotely interested being the trackpoint... but sticking Sony-bloated Vista on a PCG-TR1 is just plain ridiculous - and it's exactly what they're doing.

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